Occurrence and spatial distribution of microplastics in sediments from Norderney

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 186, Issue , 2014, Pages 248-256

  Dekiff, Jens H ^a   Remy, Dominique ^a   Klasmeier, Jörg ^a   Fries, Elke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Density separation; Gas chromatography; Marine plastic debris; Mass spectrometry; Microplastics; North sea; Organic polymer additives; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

DENSITY SEPARATION; MARINE PLASTICS; MICROPLASTICS; NORTH SEA; POLYMER ADDITIVE;

ESTERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PLASTICIZERS; POLYPROPYLENES; PYROLYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SEDIMENTS;

2,4 DI(TERT BUTYL)PHENOL; BENZOPHENONE; PHENOL; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; PLASTIC; POLYAMIDE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SMALL POTENTIAL MICROPLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISIBLE PLASTIC DEBRIS;

BEACH; DENSITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE POLLUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTIC; POLYMER; PYROLYSIS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; INCIDENCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROPLASTIC IDENTIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIMETRY; SEDIMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL DESORPTION PYROLYSIS GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST FRISIAN ISLANDS; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; NORDERNEY; NORTH SEA;

DENSITY SEPARATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE PLASTIC DEBRIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROPLASTICS; NORTH SEA; ORGANIC POLYMER ADDITIVES; PYROLYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NORTH SEA; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84892747849     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.11.019     Document Type: Article

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